2019-07-30, 04:45 PM
Both the web interface and the OpenCPN plugin have these <, <<, >> and > buttons when the autopilot is not engaged. When I press them, the effect is normally that the motor goes into the right direction, although sometimes, it seems to go forth and then a bit back. Furthermore, the travel the motor moves is somewhat unpredictable: sometimes the move is small on the first press, larger the second press. Might this have to do something that the servo was not calibrated yet?
What I actually would like to see, is that the motor moves (not too fast) when I press one of these buttons, and stops when I release them. Because with a tiller pilot, you typically hand-steer the boat until it is on a stable course, and then you want to hook up the tiller pilot without moving the tiller. So I'm used to flicking those buttons until it clicks on the hook, then hit auto. Right now, this is a hit-and-miss exercise. Does the servo allow this type of operation?
On a general note: how is the servo calibrated and is this remembered? It seems to figure out by itself what its travel is? What parameters are involved and what is the mechanism behind it? What can I do by myself, as some of the parameters seem to be editable in the opencpn plugin signalk client.
Thx!
What I actually would like to see, is that the motor moves (not too fast) when I press one of these buttons, and stops when I release them. Because with a tiller pilot, you typically hand-steer the boat until it is on a stable course, and then you want to hook up the tiller pilot without moving the tiller. So I'm used to flicking those buttons until it clicks on the hook, then hit auto. Right now, this is a hit-and-miss exercise. Does the servo allow this type of operation?
On a general note: how is the servo calibrated and is this remembered? It seems to figure out by itself what its travel is? What parameters are involved and what is the mechanism behind it? What can I do by myself, as some of the parameters seem to be editable in the opencpn plugin signalk client.
Thx!